Peak Conquest documents mountain adventures and trail race challenges
Six million years ago the Colorado River began carving the Grand Canyon. Exposing metamorphic and igneous rock dating back 1.8 billion years to a time known as the Paleoproterozoic Era. When the most advanced life forms on Earth were single cell structures living in the black ocean(s).[…]
The San Francisco Peaks are the backdrop of Flagstaff, AZ. Originally, a single stratovolcano, the mountain stood at about 15,000’. However, over the last 400,000 years it has collapsed and eroded into the six peaks remaining today. Humphreys Peak being the tallest at 12,633’. It is also the highest point in Arizona.
Standing in contrast to the surrounding Prescott National Forest, the aptly named Granite Mountain, is an iconic feature of Prescott, Arizona.[…]
After two and a half days of driving toward a Northern Arizona adventure it was a pleasant and worthwhile break to stop at the Petrified Forest National Park. Which is really not a forest as much as a painted desert with a lot of wood chunks that have literally transformed into rock over the eons […]
The Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area (BSF) encompasses 125,000 acres of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and Kentucky. The Big South Fork River is the south fork of the Cumberland River. [….]
Garden of the Gods is a grouping of red sandstone formations located in Colorado Springs, Colorado [….]
After the Wind River Peak fail it seemed like a good time to take a step back, pay the $35 entrance fee and join the throngs of tourists for a safe and easy day hike in the Teton National Park.[….]
The Sacred Rim Trail may be the highest – scenic views reward to hike effort in the Wind River Range.[….]
The Green River Lakes are the northern gateway of the Wind River Range. The lakes are the source of water for the Green River which is a main tributary of the Colorado. The lakes are at an elevation of a little more than 8,000’ and are located about 50 miles north of Pinedale. The Lower […]